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Sam Smith – Forgive Myself Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsC Em Am FAm/GG

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[Intro]
C Em Am F

[Verse 1]
        C
Do you think of me
            Em
When you're in California alone
       Am                 
It's a lonely place at the
                     F
 best of times, Lord knows
         C
I won't lie to you
   Em
I could have given you more
    Am
But life got fast
                          F
Good things don't last anymore

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[Pre-Chorus]
C
Now and then you cross my mind
   Em
It takes me back to a sweeter time
      Am       Am/G
But I let it go
   F
I let you go

[Chorus]
            C
'Til I wake up in the morning,
 you're all that I see
     G
You run through my head, 
in and out of my dreams
Am
Breathe for a minute, 
try and focus on me
       F
But I can't think of anyone else
        C
Now my heart is broken 
and I'm crying on the floor
     G
And every part of me hopes 
you walk through the door
           Am
But you'rе not here, baby
                        F
And I can't love anyonе else
     G            C
'Til I forgive myself

[Verse 2]
         C
Did you lie to me
          Em
When you said I was all
 that you need?
            Am                
Guess we'll never know all the 
                           F
beautiful things we could be

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[Pre-Chorus]
C
Now and then you cross my mind
   Em
It takes me back to a sweeter time
      Am       Am/G
But I let it go
   F
I let you go

[Chorus]
            C
'Til I wake up in the morning, 
you're all that I see
     G
You run through my head, 
in and out of my dreams
Am
Breathe for a minute, 
try and focus on me
       F
But I can't think of 
anyone else
        C
Now my heart is broken and
 I'm crying on the floor
     G
And every part of me hopes
 you walk through the door
           Am
But you'rе not here, baby
                        F
And I can't love anyonе else
     G            C     Em
'Til I forgive myself, ooh
                 Am     F
'Til I forgive myself, ooh

[Finale]
            C
'Til I wake up in the morning, 
you're all that I see
     G
You run through my head,
 in and out of my dreams
Am
Breathe for a minute, 
try and focus on me
       F
But I can't think of
 anyone else
        C
Now my heart is broken and 
I'm crying on the floor
     G
And every part of me hopes 
you walk through the door
           Am
But you'rе not here, baby
                        F
And I can't love anyonе else
     G            C
'Til I forgive myself

How to play Forgive Myself: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Forgive Myself by Sam Smith on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Forgive Myself by Sam Smith is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: C, Em, Am, F, Am/G and G.

Listen for F – C – G – Am (IV – I – V – vi in C major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord: the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.